RankAreaResident PopulationJurisdiction area1 [China]Guangdong126.568 M179800 km²2 [China]Shandong101.6279 M155800 km²3 [China]Henan98.72 M167000 km²4 [China]Jiangsu85.15 M107200 km²5 [China]Sichuan83.74 M486000 km²6 [China]Hebei74.2 M188800 km²7 [China]Hunan66.04 M211800 km²8 [China]Zhejiang65.77 M105500 km²9 [China]Anhui61.27 M140100 km²10 [China]Hubei58.44 M185900 km²11 [China]Guangxi50.47 M185900 km²12 [China]Yunnan46.93 M394100 km²13 [China]Jiangxi45.2798 M166900 km²14 [China]Liaoning41.97 M148600 km²15 [China]Fujian41.88 M124000 km²16 [China]Shaanxi39.56 M205624.3 km²17 [China]Guizhou38.56 M176167 km²18 [China]Shanxi34.8135 M156700 km²19 [China]Chongqing32.133 M82402 km²20 [China]Heilongjiang30.99 M473000 km²21 [China]Xinjiang25.87 M1664900 km²22 [China]Gansu24.9242 M425800 km²23 [China]Shanghai24.7589 M6340.5 km²24 [China]Inner Mongolia24.0117 M1183000 km²25 [China]Jilin23.4769 M187400 km²26 [China]Beijing21.843 M16410.54 km²27 [China]Tianjin13.63 M11966.45 km²28 [China]Hainan10.2702 M35400 km²29 [China]Ningxia7280 K66400 km²30 [China]Qinghai5950 K km²31 [China]Xizang(Tibet)3640 K1202800 km²